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Australian XI v Rest of Australia, 1908/09 
Melbourne Cricket Ground 
12,13,15 February 1909 (timeless match) 
Result: Australian XI won by an innings and 158 runs 
Toss: Australian XI 
Umpires: W Hannah and WA Young
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: Australian XI 417/5 (Bardsley 180*, Macartney 65*)
 Day 2: Australian XI 648, Rest of Australia 178/3 (Mayne 68*, Carroll 17*)
Australian XI 1st innings
PA McAlister          c Whitty           b Saunders             2
W Bardsley            c Gorry            b Hopkins            264
*MA Noble                            c & b Kelleway            62
VS Ransford           c Hopkins          b Gehrs               75
SE Gregory            lbw                b Whitty              17
WW Armstrong          c Parker           b Whitty               3
CG Macartney                             b Simpson             72
GR Hazlitt            c Simpson          b Saunders             0
A Cotter              c Barnes           b Whitty              43
+N Dodds              not out                                  80
JDA O'Connor                             b Saunders            12
Extras                (b 18)                                   18
Total                 (all out, 137 overs, 419 mins)          648
FoW: 1-4, 2-123, 3-271, 4-294, 5-310,
     6-431, 7-434, 8-510, 9-595, 10-648.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Saunders                    25      1    131      3
Kelleway                    19      3     97      1
Hopkins                     20      2     79      1
Whitty                      34     10    123      3
Barnes                      16      0    106      0
Simpson                     16      1     64      1
Gehrs                        7      0     30      1
Rest of Australia 1st innings
ER Mayne                                 b Hazlitt            101
EF Parker                                b Hazlitt             65
DRA Gehrs                                b Armstrong            7
*AJY Hopkins                             b Armstrong            3
EV Carroll            c Noble            b Armstrong           69
JC Barnes             c Dodds            b Hazlitt             11
CE Simpson                               b Armstrong            0
C Kelleway            c Dodds            b Armstrong           14
WJ Whitty                                b Cotter               8
+CR Gorry             not out                                   0
JV Saunders           c Cotter           b Armstrong            2
Extras                (b 18, lb 5, nb 2)                       25
Total                 (all out, 99.5 overs, 269 mins)         305
FoW: 1-119, 2-132, 3-143, 4-249, 5-261,
     6-262, 7-286, 8-303, 9-303, 10-305.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cotter                      21      2     66      1 (1nb)
Armstrong                   30.5    6     59      6
O'Connor                    10      1     39      0
Hazlitt                     29      5     80      3 (1nb)
Noble                        7      2     30      0
Macartney                    2      0      6      0
Rest of Australia 2nd innings (following on)
*AJY Hopkins                             b Cotter               0
DRA Gehrs             st Dodds           b O'Connor            62
EF Parker             c Hazlitt          b Armstrong            8
ER Mayne              c Noble            b Armstrong           43
EV Carroll            c Macartney        b O'Connor             9
JC Barnes                                b Hazlitt             28
CE Simpson                               b O'Connor            19
C Kelleway            c McAlister        b O'Connor             1
WJ Whitty                                b Armstrong           12
+CR Gorry             c Dodds            b O'Connor             0
JV Saunders           not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 50.2 overs, 150 mins)         185
FoW: 1-0, 2-20, 3-85, 4-97, 5-134,
     6-167, 7-168, 8-183, 9-183, 10-185.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cotter                       8      0     53      1 (2w)
Armstrong                   11.2    1     38      3
Hazlitt                     11      0     37      1
O'Connor                    15      3     41      5
Macartney                    5      1     13      0
 
-  12th Men: FJ Laver (both teams)
 -  Crowds: 4000, 7200, 2000. Total: About 13,200. Receipts: 349
    pounds
   
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Domestic Season Index
 
Ground Page:
Melbourne Cricket Ground
 
Australian XI Player Pages:
PA McAlister,
W Bardsley,
MA Noble,
VS Ransford,
SE Gregory,
WW Armstrong,
CG Macartney,
GR Hazlitt,
A Cotter,
N Dodds,
JDA O'Connor.
 
Rest of Australia Player Pages:
ER Mayne,
EF Parker,
DRA Gehrs,
AJY Hopkins,
EV Carroll,
JC Barnes,
CE Simpson,
C Kelleway,
WJ Whitty,
CR Gorry,
JV Saunders.
 
Match Officials' Pages:
W Hannah,
WA Young.
 
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